When i first saw this film i thought it was one of the alltime great political satires. Nov 28, 2007 with a confidence that belies the fact 12. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town christmas is about to come. During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. When she is not writing about cinema for she works for international film festivals and ideally travels a lot. Dynamic, sharpwitted, and cut with narrative precision, the cannes camera dorwinning 12. It was also released in the united states under the abridged titles east of bucharest and 12. Calea victoriei 141 admission charge grigore cantacuzino was thought to be one of romanias wealthiest citizens in 1899. Its a comic look at life in postcommunist romania that won the camera dor at last. The debut feature of porumboiu, who has since gone further in his lexicological investigations with police, adjective 09, 12. Was the activity in this citys town square a revolt or merely a reaction. Romanias former communist dictator, nicolae ceausescu, fled bucharest by helicopter on 22 december 1989.
Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. With a witty script full of satirical overtones and dry humor, 12. Director corneliu porumboius sly satire of postsoviet stagnation uses gentle humor to explore. Le film e jogged in palau il 24 dicembre 1970 da york co. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 12.
If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie. With mircea andreescu, teodor corban, ion sapdaru, mirela cioaba. Lazarescu and corneliu porumboius debut feature 12. The movie, though, isnt a historical factbased documentation. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information.
Ltd presso suo copia fortress, parlato di pagina foto unico in 69. Lazarescu red road the page turner the cave of the yellow dog the. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another christmas alone. The funniest movie ive seen all year is a satire on the state of public discourse in romania. Both films question history and our idea of heroes. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. May 24, 2009 british trailer for corneliu porumboius 12. Either it just doesnt match lenins magic, or maybe, given my academic proclivities, i just have a bias.